Victims of crime
No More Rights Without Remedies: An Impact Evaluation of the National Crime Victim Law Institute's Victims' Rights Clinics, Final Technical Report
Date Published
January 2012
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Victim Information Notification Exchange (DHS VINE)
DHS VINE provides crime victims and witnesses, their family members, and victim advocates with information on changes in the custody status of aliens in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody.
Mandatory Reporting of Nursing Home Deaths: Markers for Mistreatment, Effect on Care Quality, and Generalizability Final Report
Date Published
January 2008
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Gaining Insight, Taking Action: Basic Skills for Serving Victims DVD and Companion Guidebook
Date Published
April 2011
Agencies
OVC
Publication Type
Instructional Material
Workplace Violence Against Government Employees, 1994-2011
Date Published
April 2013
Agencies
BJS
Office for Victims of Crime: Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program (AEAP)
OVC manages AEAP, which offers five funding streams to provide timely relief to communities affected by domestic terrorism and criminal mass violence for immediate and ongoing victim assistance services in the form of grants. Qualifying applicants include state victim assistance and compensation programs, public agencies, federally recognized Indian tribal governments, and more.
Serving Crime Victims With Disabilities
Date Published
April 2007
Agencies
OVC
Publication Type
Instructional Material
Faith-Based Responses to Crime Victims (DVD)
Date Published
April 2008
Agencies
OVC
Publication Type
Program/Project Description
In Their Own Words: Domestic Abuse in Later Life
Date Published
August 2010
Agencies
OVC
Publication Type
Issue Overview
Responding to Elder Abuse: What Law Enforcement Should Know (DVD)
Date Published
August 2010
Agencies
OVC
Publication Type
Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review
Responding to Elder Abuse: What Community Corrections Should Know DVD
Date Published
August 2010
Agencies
OVC
Publication Type
Instructional Material (Programmed)
Responding to Elder Abuse: What Judges and Court Personnel Should Know (DVD)
Date Published
August 2010
Agencies
OVC
Publication Type
Training,
Instructional Material
Consumer Rights Screening Tool for Domestic Violence Advocates and Lawyers
Date Published
2011
Agencies
OVC-Sponsored
Publication Type
Instructional Material
Female Victims of Sexual Violence, 1994-2010
Date Published
March 2013
Agencies
BJS
Through Our Eyes: Children, Violence, and Trauma
Date Published
April 2014
Agencies
OVC
Publication Type
Citizen Involvement Material
Evaluating the Work of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Programs in the Criminal Justice System: A Toolkit for Practitioners
Date Published
August 2012
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Implementation of a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Practitioner Evaluation Toolkit
Date Published
August 2012
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
International Rescue Committee
The IRC provides assistance to refugees, displaced persons and others fleeing persecution and violent conflict throughout the world. Often one of the first agencies on the scene of an emergency, the IRC delivers critical medical and public health services, food, and shelter. Once a crisis stabilizes, it provides education, training, economic assistance and, if necessary, resettlement assistance.
Enhanced Services to Children and Youth Exposed to Violence: Promising Practices & Lessons Learned
This site provides a collection of promising practices, lessons learned, and related resources derived from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services-funded grantee demonstration projects designed to enhance services provided to children and youth who have been exposed to violence.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): Violent Crimes Against Children
This FBI program's mission is to—
- decrease the vulnerability of children to sexual exploitation;
- develop a nationwide capacity to provide a rapid, effective, and measured investigative response to crimes against children; and
- enhance the capabilities of state and local law enforcement investigators through programs, investigative assistance, and task force operations.
Suicide Prevention Resource Center
Funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service's Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the Center provides technical assistance, training, and materials to increase the knowledge and expertise of suicide prevention practitioners and other professionals serving people at risk for suicide.
Girls Educational and Mentoring Services (GEMS)
The mission of GEMS is to empower young women, ages 12–24, who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking to exit the commercial sex industry and develop to their full potential.